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Abstract: ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 441In this 441st issue of the Baba Indaba's Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Turkish Fairy Tale – "The Early Days of King Arthur"Here the story of how Arthur became King is told…While at a tourney on Christmas day, Arthur's brother forgot his sword at home. As Arthur was too young to compete, his brother asked him to ride home and collect it for him. This he did but could not gain entry to the house.On the way he had seen a sword in a stone so, without any other options, rode to that and tried drawing the sword, which came out very easily. He rode back to the tourney and presented the sword. When his father saw the sword all pandemonium broke loose.What had Arthur done? Was he in trouble? What did the drawing of the sword mean? Well, what happened next you ask and just how did everything turn out in the end? Well, you'll have to download and read the story to find out for yourself.INCLUDES LINKS TO DOWNLOAD 8 FREE STORIESBaba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children's stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as "Father of Stories".BUY ANY of the 440+ BABA INDABA CHILDREN'S STORIES at https://goo.gl/65LXNM10% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities.Each issue also has a "WHERE IN THE WORLD - LOOK IT UP" section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story. HINT - use Google maps.KEYWORDS/TAGS: Baba Indaba, Children's stories, Childrens, Folklore, Fairy, Folk, Tales, bedtime story, legends, storyteller, fables, moral tales, myths, happiness, laughter, angry, Archbishop, Arthur, Ban, barge, Baron, battle, beast, Bors, boy, Britain, brother, brought, Cameliard, Candlemas, Canterbury, Carlion, Christmas, Church, churchyard, counsel, country, daughter, Day, destroy, dismount, Easter, Ector, enchanted, England, evildoer, Excalibur, faithful, fast, father, fight, foster-brother, fought, fourscore, gallop, gentlemen, gentlemen-at-arms, Great, gryphons, Guenevere, handle, hart, healing, hermit, horse, horseman, hounds, Igraine, justice, Kay, King, kingdom, kneel, knees, Knight, Lady, Lady of the lake, lake, land, London, lord, lords, lying, magician, maiden, Merlin, might, monsters, mother, mounted, naked, obedience, over-run, Pellinore, Pendragon, Pentecost, pulled, quest, rode, scabbard, Seneschal , serpents, Sir, slay, son, squire, steward, stone, straight, sword, swordless, thoughtful, tournament, tourney, town, tree, Twelfth, twelvemonth, underfoot, Uther, Uther Pendragon, water, wizard, world, wounded

Abstract: This volume contains 39 stories of quests and adventures which the Knights of the Faery Queen undertake to prove their abilities and worthiness. Full of action and adventure, the quests the knights undertake are accompanied by 34 full-page colour illustrations.Herein you will find the heroes and heroines like Britomart, Sir Artegall, the Lady Una and her lion, Florimell, Pastorella, Tristram, Sir Calepine and the Lady Serena plus many more. Each on a quest to answer a burning question or a dilemma they face which they need to overcome. Some of the stories in this volume are:The Red-Cross Knight – a women with the heart and armour of a man. And she fights like a man as well.The Fortunes of Una – how she faced and tamed her fear.What befell at the House of Pride - and what the Red Cross Knight did to help it fall.The Giant Orgoglio – and how the Red Cross Knight overcame a person thrice his size.The Deeds of (the young) Prince Arthur.Sir Calidore and (the beautiful) Pastorella, and many more.The book is a reworking of Edmund Spenser's epic poem "Stories from the Faery Queen" into a Y.A. novel. Just like Spenser's poem the work is an allegory of good versus evil and each of the quests or adventures portray a "fight" young people will have to face at some point in their life. Hidden within the quests, the action and adventure are the life lessons to better equip young people before they venture into the wide world of life.What actually happens on these quests and adventures you ask? Well you'll just have to download this book and find out for yourself!============KEYWORDS/TAGS: Knights of the Faery Queen, folklore, fairy tales, myths, legends, allegory, metaphor, chivalry, morals, good, fable, advantage, Action, adventure, adversary, Sir Amoret, anger, Archimage, armour, arms, arrow, Sir Artegall, Prince Arthur, battle, beast, beauty, Belgé, Blandamour, blood, body, Bragadocchio, brave, breast, brigands, Britomart, Calepine, Sir Calidore, Cambell, Canacé, captain, castle, children's tales, young adult, YA,Y.A., children, , Clarin, claws, combat, Corydon, courage, court, courteous, creature, creatures, crest, cried, crowd, cruel, crying, custom, damsel, deadly, dragon, Duessa, Dwarf, encounter, enterprise, evil, face, failed, fairest, faithful, fashion, fire, First, flail, fled, Florimell, flowers, forest, fortune, fought, fight, foul, freedom, gallant, , gentle, giant, Glaucé, Gloriana, God, gold, grievous, Guyon, helmet, ill, iron, journey, joy, judgment, justice, king, Knight, Lady, lion, magic, maiden, Mammon, Marinell, master, medieval, Mercilla, Merlin, noble, overthrow, pagan, palace, palfrey, Paridell, Pastorella, pilgrim, pleasant, Prince, Pyrochles, Queen, Radigund, rage, Red-Cross Knight, river, rose, saddle, Saracen, Satyrane, Scudamore, single, spear, squire, stroke, strong, sword, tail, Talus, Triamond, Trompart, Turpine, tyrant, Una, vanity, valour, vanquished, victory, villain, warrior, wicked, women, wounded, youth